Big January Transfer (if any)

[thesilverfoxlfc]

Its a matter of opions i guess but NO WAY Barton is as good as Gerrard.

Maschareno i havent seen much so i have hope from what im hearing of him, if hes anywhere near as good as Xabi then ill be well happy.

[Maestro]

I hope we get the money that will allow Rafa to pick his first choices.

Fowler im sure is gone, Sami i would give one more year

Fowler will leave in the summer - not before, I reckon.

[Maestro]

All this Klose talk today are we really in for him?

Is its a possibility that Rafa is looking at?

Klose was NEVER on the cards. All of the Klose speculation was complete fabrication by KopTalk and once it was out there, grew legs and became a real possibility in people's minds.

[Kaip]

Funny thread

[Maestro]

Funny head

No....you're thinking of Tevez, not Mascherano.

[sayward]

J. Mascherano
SWP
Top class left back
Top class right back
Luisao
Good defensive cover ( L. Neill )
Kaka
Villa
Simao
Klose

Mascherano would be a very good signing and a realistic signing. SWP would be IMO be very unlikely as Chelsea bought him in the first place to stop the likes of Arsenal and ourselves taking him on. I agree with the top class right back and left back, however I think at this moment in time Steve Finnan is a very solid player, but we could do with a right back that does get forward more - but then again we don't know what Rafas instructions are to certain players.

Kaka and Villa would be massive signings, however we don't have the money to buy these players. Even with investment it is highly unlikely we'd be able to spend £50m on these two - and you have to take into account that other clubs (Real Madrid, Chelsea, Barca... etc) would be interested. Moores usually hands out £20m a summer to Rafa, with £10m in the January transfer window.

Simao would be good but for a small price, Klose - good player but again probably worth a lot. We have a good squad as it is, but we do need improvement in certain areas. I think come the end of the season we'll replace certain players but we do need to keep a good strength in depth throughout the squad.

[einar]

Mascherano would be a very good signing and a realistic signing. SWP would be IMO be very unlikely as Chelsea bought him in the first place to stop the likes of Arsenal and ourselves taking him on. I agree with the top class right back and left back, however I think at this moment in time Steve Finnan is a very solid player, but we could do with a right back that does get forward more - but then again we don't know what Rafas instructions are to certain players.

Kaka and Villa would be massive signings, however we don't have the money to buy these players. Even with investment it is highly unlikely we'd be able to spend £50m on these two - and you have to take into account that other clubs (Real Madrid, Chelsea, Barca... etc) would be interested. Moores usually hands out £20m a summer to Rafa, with £10m in the January transfer window.

Simao would be good but for a small price, Klose - good player but again probably worth a lot. We have a good squad as it is, but we do need improvement in certain areas. I think come the end of the season we'll replace certain players but we do need to keep a good strength in depth throughout the squad.

I´m not saying we should buy all these in one go. I´m saying in three years.

Also I will say that if Man U buy Kaka for 25-35 mill and we dont even try to get him I will be upset.
DIC have said we are gonna be competing with Man U in the transfer market and if we are that list I made is IMHO not unrealistic.

[sayward]

I´m not saying we should buy all these in one go. I´m saying in three years.

Also I will say that if Man U buy Kaka for 25-35 mill and we dont even try to get him I will be upset.
DIC have said we are gonna be competing with Man U in the transfer market and if we are that list I made is IMHO not unrealistic.

Oh yeah I know your not saying that we should buy them all in one go! That'd be crazy

The problem is, this whole investment thing seems slightly iffy to me. It's clear from what I've read that Moores and Parry could stay in charge and run the club, but not own it. Apparently it is more for the funding of our new stadium, maybe they might put money into the transfer window - we don't know.

United have problems themselves, Glazer has put them in debt and borrowed money (like a loan basically). Kaka for me, would be more likely to move to Real Madrid or Barcelona than ourselves and even Manchester United. I'm also not sure where he'd fit in to our current system, maybe in a 4-2-3-1 system.

I'm quite happy with Bellamy and Kuyt at this moment in time, that's not to say we cannot improve, but we simply don't have the money to buy some of the names being mentioned. I'm not an insider or anything but It's a clear indication that if we don't get the take over or DIC don't invest in the squad then we'll see us struggling to get the players we want. Benitez was unhappy at missing out on the likes of Vidic, Simao and Alves and has every right to be.

Some of the areas you pointed out (RB, CB, RW) are fine and very fair. However, with Sissoko soon to return I think we'll see a Gerrard make a return there, so really we need a more attacking right back to get down the wings because Gerrard will drift into the centre.

[einar]

I dont have time now to answer the whole post but I will say that DIC and Parry have said that the new investment is to take us to the next level. That is for me the level Man U are on so if we are not willing to pay the same for players they are I will be disappointed.

[sayward]

But David Villa had a chance to sign for us before joining Valencia....

There's tons of players, I'm happy if Rafa can bring in the top quality players we need to challenge for the league. Whoever they are they will have to be the right players for us, so maybe the likes of SWP aren't the right players for us at this moment in time.

[einar]

Sure, I just mentioned a few players to give an idea of the quality I want to see coming in.

Plus, any team in the world would take Kaka in a heartbeat.

[Welhung]

Unrealistic players I'd like us to sign...

Well hopefully when we secure investment they won't be so unrealistic.

Alves
Schweinsteiger
Huntelaar
Kompany

And maybe one of these south americans that are currently playing in Russia. Like Cavenaghi or the other one? Jo is it? He's had some big wraps.

I'd like us to go for a young hot shot. It seems to work out for everyone else so why not us?